AWS Setup & Automated Collection of Tweets

Setup for R/RStudio in AWS

1. Create an AWS Account and log in
2. Under Build a Solution click on Launch a Vertual Machine
3. Under EC2 Instance click Get Started
4. Name your EC2 Instance (eg. RStudio)
5. You may be asked to choose a region, choose East Coast
6. Select AMI from http://www.louisaslett.com/RStudio_AMI/
7. Source: My IP (Otherwise anyone can log onto your instance and use it, steal your data)

Useful Websites:

http://www.bnosac.be/index.php/blog/64-scheduling-r-scripts-and-processes-on-windows-and-unix-linux http://strimas.com/r/rstudio-cloud-1/
https://toreopsahl.com/2011/10/17/securely-using-r-and-rstudio-on-amazons-ec2/